New Zealand. Commissioner of Crown Lands :Having now got over the earthquake, the Commissioner of Crown Lands & staff, Ch.Ch. wish you a Merry Xmas 1929. The camera cannot lie / J L Martin [1929]

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New Zealand. Commissioner of Crown Lands :Having now got over the earthquake, the Commissioner of Crown Lands & staff, Ch.Ch. wish you a Merry Xmas 1929. The camera cannot lie / J L Martin [1929]

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Photographically reproduced postcard shows a semi-humorous illustration by J L Martin of the Provincial Government buildings in Christchurch, seen looking southeast from across the intersection of Durham and Armagh Streets, imagined as warped and twisting in the Murchison Earthquake of 1929. Speech bubbles come from the mouths of some small figures: "Women & children first", "Order please", "Oh for the wings of a dove", "Stop that jazzing up there", "Wheres my puff box". The title below the p...

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Date created

1929

Creator

New Zealand. Commissioner of Crown Lands / Martin, J L, active 1932 / Wicks, Arthur John, 1871?-1942

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23527638

Locations

Durham Street / Armagh Street / Murchison

Related subjects

Earthquakes / New Zealand / West Coast Region / Canterbury Region / Historic buildings / Public buildings / Murchison Earthquake, N.Z., 1929 / Durham Street / Armagh Street / Murchison

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